Left Eye Blind loves Joe Costello

Back in Feb we had the joy to work with a fantastic director Joe Costello.
Here is a bit about the blond lovely lad.

Joe Costello

Joe Costello spent his early years learning to program computers, making animated short films on his Sinclair Spectrum. Combine that with an early love of camera work (that mostly starred the family cats) then you have the making of the filmmaker that Joe is today.


In Joe's work you can the emblems of this childhood; his strengths with special effects are easily seen, but also the wide eyed innocence of youth within his videos is palpable.

Like most music video directors, Joe got into the genre because the band he was in wanted one for promotional purposes. Being 50% computer geek and 50% videographer helps him to visualise the finished piece from the very beginning of a project, and understand the best way to achieve it.

Joe is one of those that multiples the budget of a project twenty fold purely because he puts his eyes and fingers across it. He's that guy.

Joe also enjoys sleeping during the day, eating bagels, knowing a lot about East Germany.


Hopefully you will have seen or heard of our latest video for Rochelle - Fer De Lance f or Southernfried Records. If not check it out below;


Fer De Lance TASTER from aurora fearnley on Vimeo.

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Matt and Joe co-directed the video together, what wonders will happen next?

Just who the blazes are Left Eye Blind? Part 3

Aurora Fearnley

Aurora is best for her own narrative based, visually abundant music videos. They combine two of her favourite things music and film (or perhaps models and musicians?). She has sweet teeth and keeps her fingers, toes and earlobes in every pie and dessert around and is often believed to be in two places at once. This includes directing, producing and editing all sorts, from documentaries, events, live performances and short films to commercials and broadcast serials.

She is a 1st grade graduate from The Northern Film School in Leeds, where she has made a name as an organiser for the music video competition 20202 Vision and also now as director with Left Eye Blind. Her post production company Little Northern Light has been running for under a year and has already seen her flying to the middle east to work on the visually stunning "Sword of God" historical drama series.

Aurora is currently working freelance Internationally as a director, producer and editor for various companies and personal projects.

Ambitions to Make music videos for:
Bjork, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, crystal castles and MGMT

Just who the blazes are Left Eye Blind? Part 2

Matt Maude



After starting work within the industry as a camera trainee at aged 15, Matt Maude crossed between the sides of the camera often during his mid to late teens. Acting on the London stage and within several broadcast productions (including a series of the soap 'Crossroads'), Matt used the experience and privileges of being an actor to further inform his knowledge of camera, direction and editing.

After hanging up his acting credentials to work behind the camera, Matt started work within the music video industry. Given a lucky break by his older brother who was manager of the band 'Snowhite', he directed the video for the their first single which featured the young director on MTV2 circulation at just 18. Further promo work has brought subsequent music video experience as a director and producer, but also as a coordinator on projects 20/20/2 Vision and The Radar Festival.

Matt has also worked extensively in America and India on documentaries for PBS National broadcast and MSN home page web content. He is a part time lecturer at the Northern Film School.

Just who the blazes are Left Eye Blind? Part 1

Jamie Donoughue






Director Jamie Donoughue has been in the industry for nearly a decade. Initially training as a camera operator in his late teens Jamie studied Television and Film Production in Manchester. He Directed and Operated on various broadcast productions before moving back to Leeds to set up ‘Viewfirst Media Ltd.’ - a broadcast, corporate and web production company. Off the success of his company Jamie started investing in the Leeds music scene, working closely with up n coming talent from across the region, including releasing the highly rated ‘Leeds By Example’ album. As a result he moved into producing and directing music videos for a variety of artists across the UK before joining Left Eye Blind. He is known for his unique approach to videos, especially his use of original camera styles and filming techniques.

Jamie
Although now specialising in music videos, Jamie still works on a variety of other projects including TV pilots and short film.